Highlights | VISUAL ART
MODERN SCOTTISH WOMEN: PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS 1885–1965 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two, Edinburgh, Sat 7 Nov–Fri 1 Jul, nationalgalleries.org Large-scale exhibition of works by Scottish women artists. See review, page 124.
LUC TUYMANS: BIRDS OF A FEATHER Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sat 19 Dec, trg.ed.ac.uk Work by Belgian artist who paints pictures from existing photographs and who, as a result, was bizarrely (and successfully) sued for plagiarism. See preview, page 123.
TURNER PRIZE 2015 Tramway, Glasgow, until Sun 17 Jan, tramway. org The biggest and most controversial award in British art, with £25,000 going to the winner and £5000 to the nominees. See review, page 121. ANOTHER MINIMALISM: ART AFTER CALIFORNIA
LIGHT AND SPACE Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 14 Nov–Sun 21 Feb, fruitmarket.co.uk The work of minimalist artists influenced by the Californian Light and Space artists of the 60s and 70s. See review, page 123. WILLIAM GEAR 1915–
1997: THE PAINTER THAT BRITAIN FORGOT City Art Centre, Edinburgh, until Sun 14 Feb, edinburghmuseums. org.uk/Venues/City- Art-Centre.aspx A review of the work of the long-neglected Scottish abstract artist. See review, page 123.
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EDINBURGH THE ARTIST AND THE SEA City Art Centre, until Sun 8 May, edinburghmuseums.org.uk/ venues/city-art-centre Images of the sea by generations of Scottish artists, drawn from the Centre’s collection.
DOCUMENT SCOTLAND: THE TIES THAT BIND Scottish National Portrait Gallery, until Sun 24 Apr, nationalgalleries.org Images of Scottish people by Colin McPherson, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Sophie Gerrard and Stephen McLaren. The show is timed to take place one year after the referendum on independence, and is designed to reflect the multiplicity of views and challenges associated with the event.
JILL TODD PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD Stills, Sat 7 Nov–Sun 17 Jan, stills.org Showcase of finalists in the inaugural competition to find Scotland’s best student and graduate photographers. POLISH CONTEMPORARY ART ORGANISATION: WAVES Summerhall, Sat 7–Fri 27 Nov, summerhall.co.uk Works by artists from Poland and of Polish descent. Featured artists include Martyna Benedyka, Jakub Ceglarz, Nadège Druzkowski, Tashi Gore, Joanna Lubonska and Karolina Szpyrko.
HARDEEP PANDHAL: HOBSON- JOBSON Collective Gallery, Sat 14 Nov– Sun 17 Jan, collectivegallery. net Drawing, sculpture, video and knitting, the title referring to a Victorian dictionary of Anglo-Indian words. See review, page 124.
MOVE ME: MEMBERS’ MOVING IMAGE EVENT Embassy Gallery, Sat 7 & Sun 8 Nov, embassygallery.org Moving image work by gallery artists.
LUCY PARKER: BLACKLIST Rhubaba Gallery & Studio, Fri 20 Nov–Fri 4 Dec, rhubaba.org Research by the artist for a film about a blacklist compiled between 1993 and 2009 by the UK-based Consulting Association, which comprised a list of workers and activists that the association viewed as potential threats to the construction industry. EDINBURGH ART FAIR Corn Exchange Gallery, Fri 13–Sun 15 Nov, ece.uk.com The chance to peruse and pick up artwork from 60 exhibitors from the UK and the rest of Europe. Thousands of pieces by 20th and 21st-century artists are on offer, and there’s also a fully licensed café and bar.
GLASGOW
NVA, JAMES JOHNSON & ALAN MCATEER: ISLAND DRIFT Street Level Photoworks, Sat 14 Nov–Sat 23 Jan, streetlevelphotoworks.org Immersive photographic installation featuring images of the Trossachs National Park. See preview, page 124.
YAKA COLLECTIVE: WHITE MOUNTAIN CCA Intermedia Gallery, Mon 4–Wed 6 Jan, cca-glasgow. com Work by the Glasgow-based collective based on the notion of White Mountain, a place warped by the expression of emotional conundrums and outlandish desires. RACHEL LOWTHER Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, Sat 16 Jan–Sun 27 Mar, gsa. ac.uk The artist researched the GSA’s WWI holdings, investigating GSA staff and students who went into military service, and created a body of work
as a result that includes sculptures and films. MICHELLE HANNAH: BLU _ANGL CCA, Fri 13–Fri 27 Nov, cca- glasgow.com Solo exhibition and durational performance, looking at the relationship between fashion and death.
SIMON STARLING: NINE FEET LATER The Modern Institute @ Aird’s Lane, Sat 14 Nov–Sat 6 Feb, themoderninstitute.com New work from the Turner Prize-winning creator of shedboatshed. NICOLAS DESHAYES: DARLING, GUTTER Glasgow Sculpture Studios, until Sat 12 Dec, glasgowsculpturestudios.org The largest exhibition in Scotland to date by this French artist.
DEVILS IN THE MAKING Gallery of Modern Art, until Sun 28 Feb, glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/
GoMA/Pages/default.aspx A look at the Gallery’s collection through its connection with the Glasgow School of Art, featuring work by artists such as Christine Borland, Jim Lambie, Roderick Buchanan, Victoria Morton and Simon Starling. DUNDEE
TOMORROW WAS A MONTAGE Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Cooper Gallery, until Fri 18 Dec, dundee.ac.uk/ djcad/exhibitions Montage works from three generations of Polish and Hungarian artists: Wojciech Bąkowski, Roman Cieślewicz, György Kovásznai, Jan Lenica and Zbigniew Rybczyński.
IC-98: DRAWN INTO TOMORROW Dundee Contemporary Arts, Sat 28 Nov–Sun 14 Feb, dca.org. uk Finnish art duo of Visa Suonpää and Patrik Söderlund, whose work concerns the body politic, social formations and architectural constructions. 5 Nov 2015–4 Feb 2016 THE LIST 125